Book Collecting
Book Collecting

Author: Jean Peters

Publisher: New York : R. R. Bowker

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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Twelve essays by noted book collectors, curators, and scholar cover auctions, dealers, descriptive bibliographies, forgeries, the organization of a collection, and the care of books and manuscripts.

Antiquarian Books
Antiquarian Books

Author: Philippa Bernard

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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This companion sets out to provide essential information required by those who sell secondhand books and also by those who buy them. There are 450 entries which include explanations of the technical terms used in the description of books. Printing, illustration and binding are all covered.

Great Books and Book Collectors
Great Books and Book Collectors

Author: Alan G. Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780600559276

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Illuminated manuscripts - Early printing - Bookbinding - The Bible - Early books in Hebrew - Herbals and colour-plate flower books - English books with coloured plates - Books on architecture - New World - Private press books - First editions, fakes and forgeries - Great book collectors.; Seven days of Creationon______________

Modern Book Collecting
Modern Book Collecting

Author: Robert Alfred Wilson

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1602399859

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A new edition of the classic guide to book collecting includes a new section on Internet resources.